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There is an X based tool to +configure MSEC, but anyone with an editor can edit the +/etc/security/msec options with vi and they function perfectly, +therefore X is not necessary for MSEC to function. + +I have repeatedly asked the various authors, maintainers of MSEC to add +an MCURSES interface for ease of configuration in terminal mode, and +someday it may just appear. + +Hopefully we can put the default security option back in the NON X based +server install as it saves a lot of work editing the individual files +that MSEC so nicely manages. + + + +Richard + +><i> On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:24:11 -0400, Richard Couture <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">rrc at linuxcabal.org</A>> +</I>><i> wrote: +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> I noticed while installing in server mode in Mageia 2, having deselected +</I>>><i> all options on the initial package selection screen and choosing +</I>>><i> suggested packages on the server install package selection screen that; +</I>>><i> At the end of the install when presented with the configuration screen, +</I>>><i> the Security Level option is no longer there. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Looking at /usr/lib/libDrakX/install/any.pm, in the subroutine +</I>><i> set_security, +</I>><i> it has the line +</I>><i> return if !-x "$::prefix/usr/sbin/msec"; +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I'm guessing that msec was not one of the packages selected. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Regards, Dave Hodgins +</I> +-- +LinuxCabal Asociación Civil +Ing. 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